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Figure 6.
Figure 6. Surface Representation of Prolyl OligopeptidaseThe molecular surface is superimposed on the polypeptide chain. The picture shows a slab of the molecule, hence the cropping of the chain. The large cavity extends from the central tunnel of the β propeller to the catalytic domain and is accessible through the narrow hole at the bottom of the propeller. The covalently bound inhibitor, Z-Pro-prolinal, is shown in a ball-and-stick representation. The molecular surface was calculated by the method published by [11], and the figure was prepared using XOBJECTS (M. E. M. Noble, Oxford, unpublished program).